FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1876.

Dunstan Times, Issue 719, 28 January 1876, Page 2

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1876.

While it becomes H ft dntv of evprv body t.n ln„k after their own interests —hut in so (Diner shmi’d at. ha t. confine themselves to who'- is strictly true, as well as to refrain f run disparaging thpir neighbors. Our Prom well contemporary Ins taken up t.tip “old story” a train, of flip wan t. of a Resident Magistrate and Warden at Cromwell. It must he (IDtinrtlv understood that we do not : n the ’oast envy the prosperity of our neighbor, because the move pr isperoiis In becomes the better will it ho for ns Wp i however, entirely object to <h- removal of the Warden from Clyde. not f-oin any selfish motives, but from motives of pure pnh ic n ilitv. The Dunst.an District, is a very large oup. while it possesses many varied interests, and tlvse can he beat attended to bv tin officer repveseu'ing the G-overnment, being stationed in the mos 1 central portion of the district. :>nd this is certainly at Ply Ip, from whirl) nine 'h • Warden, in the exercise of his dntv. can travel past, we-t, north and south, and complete his journey in one day. which he could not accomf llsh were he located at Promwell. For ridi' years past the functions of Warden and Resident Magistrate have been very satisfactorily performed from Clyde ; each portion of 'he district has received proper and due attention, a n d in pro f of tins there have been no complaints whatever, NTow. we would like to know where all this sudd<m emergency for a. Resident Warden at Cromwel’, and the annexat’ou of Pardronn. mises from Does ir spring fi’om the feat.ile brains of the Town Council, or the ex'f"ssed wi.-h of 'he residents in the district > eaerally We imagine th'fc ’he want, hj s been conceived bv 'he former, not because public policy demands it. I ait, because i]ic acquisition would add to their owe importance, and perhaps further im prove the value of *h"ir several town properties. The idea is purely a selfish one. any considerations of gener 1 utility bein'* left nut, alto-other. So long as the business of the Wirdeu’s and Resident Magistrate’s Courts are properly conducted and the public are not ineonvenienccd. no one his a right to complain, wl ile, whether the gentleman appointed to discharge 'hose duties lives at Plvd", C’Omwell, or elsewhere, it matters little to anybody, and it cannot affect, ihe commercial po'peritv of anyplace. Cromwell is prosperous, and produces more gold than any other ce tre of population in Otago, fur reasons that there is much more gold in its immediate vicinity, or rather the 1 more has ’ nep tV veloped. for it is equally as iik- !y tl it some hitherto insignificant town of which we now hear hut little, might, in the course of n few mm th*. by some fortiiitousdiseevervof imri 1 ’ ronsqnnrlz reefs, outrival Chomweli altogether,

when there would be another claimant for the immediate presence of the Warden. The proper pace for the Warden of any district to be located in is its geographic* centre, and whether that be e town or outride of one it matters little. All the iPsidonts in tip country towns are die architects of tie ir own fortunes, Government patromige does little for any of them. °nd if to any community it ever becomes a matter of serious moment whether the Waiden sleeps in their midst, or purchases Ids tea and sugar, orstabbishis horse amongst them, their prosperity imisl be based upon a very sandy foundation. Were the immediate presence of the Warden essentially necessary to the peace and piosp-rirv of our Cromwed friends, we would at once advocate his. removal there, hut such is not the case. The elements,of prosperity in the district, in and aroma) Ci O"> well ctnno 1 he improved or im pa ir 'd bv th • presence or nr e-presence of a trident Magistrate and Warde ~ It may, cerlainlv. add to gloiiiication of a few individuals whose little minds tenure some sluieng light shed neon theta, that, while posses-ing iiOthing themselves th *y may at. lea t be in a position to r< fl'-ct the getiinof others, but to men of sterling worth the subject is one of pure indifference.

The Annual Race Meeting held on tie Drylnead Race-course, commence- this day. wo hope to see a good attendance of visitors. We would draw attention to the advertisement notifying the day appointed for the e ection of now Committee and Officers for the Dunstan District Hospital, viz., tomorrow (Saturday), at 2 p m.

We draw attention to the appointment of J. E Stevens, Esq., as Deputy Regis, trar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, dnrmg the absence of the Registrar, A. D. Harvey, Esq., who has been granted thiee months’leave of absence on account of ill health.

A meeting of the Cly<l - Jockey Club woa held in the Port Phillip Hotel, on Thursday evening last, when it was devilled that a Rave Meeting for two days’ racing he held on the Dnnstan Course on Fri lay and Saturday, the 25th and 26th Fe u-nary. The meeting was then adj uirne 1 till Wednesday, the 2nd 'Fobma-y, at 9 p m. The return match between the Clyde and Alexandra C 'icaet Clubs will be played on the Clyde ground on Saturday we--k, the shj February. A match between the sipiat-tm-s and a combined team from the three towns of Clyde, Cromwell an 1 Alexandra, Saturday, the 19th of February. We are informed by Jas. Samson, Esq., M ayor of Alexandra, of his receipt of the Wowing te’e ram from the District Ria l Engineer “ The survey of road to WaiUnia Bash will be completed next w -ok, when wo k will be at once commenced.”

The Chinese throughout thedis-rict have, during the week, been c Jebriting their New year, which O'rmir.en -e 1 on Tuesday lasi. From the great demand male by •John for v' er-y possible delicacy to bo obtained we must irr 'cr he has had a j >I y time of it.

Blackwell an 1 party, wh > have been engaged sinking on the Deep I,eal at Blacks No. 3, for some t,i ne, still continue at, work, and great hopes are entertained of their striking he gutter. We are informed that a sixth share was soil last wok for bSO, showing thereby tint no better guarantee could be of the goo 1 opinion of the under taking.

We hear that the Bine Duck Company, Tinker’s Gully, completed their wisVng-up during the pa«t week with most satisf ictory results ; we did not hear the exact quantity of gold obtained, hut nn lers'a id that it was in excess of any previous washing. Though witor is ru-imn 'short there is still a very fur supply for the whole of the claims in the district of Tinkers and Drybread.

The Giol building now being ereo'cd at Clyde Gamp, by Messrs Kisfingbnry and Bowel l , ; s assuming some slia-e, an I if we are anv judges of masonry no k we ran, wo think, without fear of contra liction, say th.i f no bett r is in 'he district, in fact we doubt whether better o nld l>e made with similar materi d. When finished tin building will embrace two cells, dining room, kitchen, lavatory, an I office. la a future issue, and when further progress is made, we will give a more minute description of it.

A Good Templar Bodge was instituted at Alexandra on Saturday evening, January 15'h.hyBro J dm M‘Eac!ieo,S. D.G.W.O.T. Fourteen candidates werednlyinitiate 1, and the following members were duly elected and installed officers for the current quarter Bro. Jas. Samson, W.C.T ; Bro. .Tap. Thompson, WV.T.; B>o. W. Hansen, W.S.; Bro. Beattie, W.T.; Bro. Boyd, W. 0,; Bro Wm. Thompson, W F.S.; Bro. M*Donald, W.M.; Bro. Muir, W.1.G.; Bro. Paterson, W.0.G.; Sis. Jessie Teller, R. IBS.; Sis. M. Thompson, B. W.S.; Bro Jones, W.A.S.; Sis. G. Clair, W.D.M ; Bro. A. Boyd was appointed B. D. The Bodge was name I the “Golden Stream Bilge.” Its meetings are to be beM every Saturday evening, in the Schoolroom. After a hearty vote of'hanks to Bro. M'Eaehrn as Instituting Officer, the Bodge was duly close 1 The presentation to the Province of a portrait of Captain Conk by J. Hattrav, Esq., is notified in the Provincial Government Gazette, The picture is described as the exact reproduction of the original, (which was painted trom life, and is in Greenwich Hospital) and is pain'ed by mi artist. (Mr B. S. Marks, London) nominated bv the. Curator <>f National Pictures. , n-.vi who had "vet married twice to ladies bo'b named <'a'hc--.advised his friends against taking rbipli-Kat.es. A Frenel iman, wishing to sneak of the cream of the F.nglidi poets, forgot the word, and sai l, “ de butter of dc poets.”

Tliu Post learns that the subject of triennial parliaments is likely to bo brought before the public throughout various parts of the Colony by petitions being signed for presentation to the House of Representstives at its ensuin'.- session. “Such a movement has our warmest sympathies, ns it is certain to be most beneficial to the interests of the public generally, however inconvenient it may be to certain politicians, who dread election contests and the ballotbox.”